One thing I have noticed this week is how people spout a load of old shite as a way of being some sort of outspoken voice of reason on social media.
Over in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, to name but a few war torn countries, there is humanitarian crisis after humanitarian crisis unfolding but all people seem to be talking about is Gary Lineker, a football pundit, having the audacity to show a bit of compassion for people living in squalor. This ...
There was a huge debate on the radio yesterday about the British education system which, as many of you will have experienced, is a great way to fall out with friends and family with regards to what is best for our children.
I will state straight away that if we are to create the fair society that various governments claim they are clamouring for, then every child born in the UK should be offered the same education, free at the point of ...
I was very surprised to her of the death of Jean Alexander (who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street) at the weekend, not because of her age (90) but the fact that she has been added to my growing list of people who have died when I thought they were already long dead.
Alexander left 'Corrie' in 1987 (about the time I had her certified dead) but apparently went on to appear (for 22 years no less) in 'Last of the Summer Wine' a Sunday ...
I found it quite conceited that us Brits were scoffing at the debacle unfolding between the 'Tangerine Fuhrer' and the 'Corporate Whore' in the presidential battle across the pond when all the while, we nearly missed the delightful Amber Rudd reciting her 2016 version Mein Kampf at the recent Conservative Party Conference.
Fortunately, Rudd's speech did get picked up on by a few too many people like James O'Brien of LBC, and when David ...
I got chatting to a couple of chaps earlier this evening (one a school friend who I haven't spoken to since about 1984) about the band The Jam and how they split up when they were very young and so on.
Of course, one went on to be a megastar (Paul Weller) another did okay (Bruce Foxton) whilst the other faded into obscurity, proving that drummers are easy to come by, whilst songwriters aren't. 35 years on, the wounds between Weller and ...
